World With Water : Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka)

Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka, Bengaluru, IN), which was earlier a victim of poor sewage management and dehydration, is now undergoing active efforts of preservation. Since 2012, the restoration efforts were largely initiated by residents around the lake, and now with the help of the forest department, is working to make it an ecological hotspot for avian biodiversity.

The key intention for this film project is to document, archive and communicate ongoing efforts of conservation, its effects, the pros and cons, and possible future of sustaining the current standard of the lake - presenting all of this in the form of a documentary film that also highlights the significance of this lake as a bird reserve. This is to cater to a non-specialist group of people by communicating information that is otherwise discussed in scientific concepts and abbreviations, in a way of leisurely consumption, so that more people can inform themselves (casually or seriously) about the climate and non-human habitats that are important for the liveable environment. This, in turn, will expand our collective consciousness over the habitats that we live in and affect through our daily livelihoods.